Tekken Little

Anacondas director Dwight Little has been hired by Crystal Sky Pictures to direct the big-screen adaptation of Namco's classic fighting game 477983.html" >Tekken.

The movie, described as a futuristic martial arts actioner, is set to start shooting on February 4 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Little's other film credits include Murder at 1600, Steven Segal's Marked for Death (can we get a hell yeah?), and the Brandon Lee film Rapid Fire. He'll direct Tekken from a script by Alan McElroy (The Marine, Spawn).

"The film plays out as a science fiction story set in the near future, about a rebel who rises up against the Tekken Corp. to seize freedom for his people," Little told Daily Variety. "It's a gladiator story, but the videogame has a complicated enough storyline that it provides the template for a martial arts spectacular."

A screen from Namco's Tekken 6

Little replaces Mr. 3000 helmer Charles Stone III who drifted away from the project after first being linked to it back in 2002.

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